Frank Zappa was EXTREMELY prolific. He recorded many works in progress while on tour and then used those tracks as the basis for new songs, so he had many on-the-road recording sessions in addition to his regular recording sessions, giving him plenty to work with. For example, his 1974 television special produced the basic tracks for Inca Roads and (I think) Florentine Pogen.
Before he had his own label, had it been up to Frank, there would be even more records released, but the record companies wanted to control the output. An example was his four-album work called Läther. Warner Bros. refused to issue a release so large, so Frank went to a local record station and played it in its entirety so fans could record it, with his encouragement. Warners subsequently cut the albums up and released them over time in four separate releases, containing a relative fraction of the music, the remainder of which wound up on subsequent releases over time.
Frank also worked virtually non-stop all day, every day, writing and recording music, so naturally there was a lot of music to put out. I think it's questionable if some of the work really merited release, particularly in the albums from the 80's but too much Zappa has never been a problem, at least for me. I've always felt that albums like Joe's Garage and Thingfish were really just individual songs he had lying around that he could connect with some off-the-wall narrative. But perhaps I don't give him enough credit.
Frank remains prolific, even after death, with the Zappa estate releasing a large number of recordings and live shows to add to the 60 albums released in his lifetime.
(Bruce E. White, Fan since 1968; familiar with all 80+ albums; read a half-dozen biographies and dozens of interviews.)
== The Mothers Of Invention Dec 1967 - Nov 1968 ==
FZ, Ray Collins (quit somewhere between Apr and Aug 3 1968), Roy Estrada,
Jimmy Carl Black, Arthur Dyer Tripp III, Ian Underwood, Don Preston,
Bunk Gardner, Motorhead Sherwood.
28-Sep 1968, Grugahalle, Essen, Germany
16 min, FM, A-
King Kong
1. Improvisation
2. King Kong
3. A Pound for a Brown (on the Bus)
4. Sleeping in a Jar
5. Uncle Meat
6. Lohengrin [Wagner]
7. Let's Make the Water Turn Black
8. Watermelon in Easter Hay (Octandre)
9. Interview
Tracks 1-7 are live in Bremen 1968, and track 8 is a 1980s live bonus track. "Lohengrin" here is of course less than the whole opera. The Bremen show was televised in Germany, and the name of the program was Lieder Liches.
== The Mothers Of Invention Nov 1968 - Aug 1969 ==
FZ, Lowell George (up until 23-May 1969), Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black, Arthur Dyer Tripp III, Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Bunk Gardner, Motorhead Sherwood, Buzz Gardner.
Appleton musicians: Frank Zappa, Ian Underwood, Bunk Gardner, Buzz Gardner, Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood, Roy Estrada, Don Preston, Jimmy Carl Black, Arthur Dyer Tripp III and Lowell George - lookingly his last concert with the band
Solid track list for Days of Yore:
1. Some Ballet Music
2. Uncle Meat
3. Eye of Agamotto [misspelled as "Agamoto"] [Don Preston]
4. My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama
5. Clap & Vomit [audience participation]
6. Dickie's Such an Asshole
Track 1 is a jazz-waltz piece that later appeared on the first Grandmothers album, credited to Don Preston. The Eye of Agamotto is a magical amulet belonging to the Marvel Comics character Dr. Strange. Track 6 is a filler track from the Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, 14-Sep-1974.
The Mothers of Invention Appleton Album issue was a 200-copy edition, with "gimmick covers" housing the first 80. At least some runs had hand-sprayed titles on the cover. Some covers had a 1972-era picture of Zappa wearing a "buffoon hat" and the text "Volume one includes the first public performance of My Guitar and Uncle Meat [both had actually been played eariler] more four previously unreleased tracks. Limited first edition of 200 copies (first 80 have a special gimmix cover). Volume two is coming soon. [sic]".
You might be interested to know that Frank often referred to this concert. I saw him in Beloit and in Greenbay and both times the first thing he said was "Is there anybody here from Appleton?". At the Beloit concert (Flo & Eddie period) he went on to say that he didn't know why it was, but the two concerts he did in Appleton were two of the best performances that the band ever gave.
* Rotterdam musicians: Frank Zappa, Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, Don Preston, Aynsley Dunbar, Jim Pons, Ian Underwood
* Santa Monica musicians: Frank Zappa, Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, Jeff Simmons, Aynsley Dunbar, Ian Underwood and George Duke
== The Mothers Of Invention Feb - Sep 1973 ==
FZ, Jean Luc Ponty, Tom Fowler, Ralph Humphrey, Ruth Underwood, Ian Underwood, George Duke, Bruce Fowler, Sal Marquez (late Mar - Jul), Kin Vassey (4/7/73-5/1/73).
Musicians: Frank Zappa, Ruth Underwood, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Chester Thompson, Tom Fowler and George Duke
LP Side 1
01. The Purple Lagoon / Intro - 01:09
02. Dancin' Fool - 03:40
03. Peaches En Regalia - 02:34
04. The Torture Never Stops - 12:38
LP Side 2
05. Tryin' To Grow A Chin - 03:37
06. City Of Tiny Lites - 07:19
07. Baby Snakes - 01:51
08. A Pound for A Brown (On The Bus) - 07:19
LP Side 3
09. I Have Been In You - 06:10
10. Flakes - 06:35
11. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes - 03:95
12. Wild Love (Part 1) - 06:53
LP Side 4
13. Wild Love (Part 2) - 07:18
14. Yo’ Mama - 08:59
15. Punky’s Whips (Part 1) - 04:00
LP Side 5
16. Punky’s Whips (Part 2) - 05:57
17. Titties & Beer - 06:29
18. The Black Page #2 - 02:56
19. Jones Crusher - 04:38
LP Side 6
This vinyl-side is completely empty ...
... another unreleased album which contained material that would eventually appear on Tinsel-Town Rebellion, You Are What You Is, and various other albums. ZAPPALOG gives the following track listing for Warts & All:
1. Band Intros / Dead Girls Of London
2. Suicide Chump
3. Shut Up & Play Yer Guitar Some More [longer edit of Shut Up & Play Yer Guitar version]
4. 13 [longer edit of Stage #6 version]
5. Magic Fingers
6. Ancient Armaments [Halloween version]
7. Ms X
8. Little House I Used to Live in
9. Lobster Girl [longer edit of Stage #6 version]
10. Thirteen (keyboard solos)
11. Deathless Horsie [Shut Up & Play Yer Guitar version]
12. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
13. For the Young Sophisticate [Tinsel-Town Rebellion version]
14. Shut Up & Play Yer Guitar [longer edit of Shut Up & Play Yer Guitar version]
15. Andy / Conehead
16. Jumbo, Go Away
17. Mo Mama [transcribed in the Frank Zappa Guitar Book]
18. Persona Non Grata [source of "Theme from the 3rd Movement of 'Sinister Footwear'" on You Are What You Is]
19. Bamboozled by Love [Tinsel-Town Rebellion version]
20. Ain't Got No Heart
21. Easy Meat
22. Brown Shoes Don't Make It [fragment of Tinsel-Town Rebellion version]
23. Dance Contest [Tinsel-Town Rebellion version]
24. Pound for a Brown Solos [Stage #4 version]
25. Rubber Girl [Stage #4 version]
26. Peaches III [Tinsel-Town Rebellion version]
01. intro (1:22)
02. Black Napkins (6:07)
03. Panty Rap (3:33)
04. You Are What You Is (3:57)
05. Love of My Life (2:11)
06. Flakes (4:36)
07. Magic Fingers (2:22)
08. The Blue Light (5:08)
09. Tinsel Town Rebellion (4:44)
10. Pick Me I'm Clean (8:47)
11. Dead Girls of London
(incl. Royal March from Aida) (3:29)
12. Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously? (1:37)
13. City of Tiny Lights
(q: Streets of Cairo, It Ain't Necessarily So) (11:07)
14. Cosmik Debris (3:53)
15. Keep It Greasey (3:05)
16. The Torture Never Stops
(q: Surrey with the Fringe on Top, Oh! Susanna, incl: Royal March from Aida, Light Cavalry Overture, Mystery Song #3) (10:55)
17. Anything, Anytime . . . For No Reason At All Medley (13:40)
18. Heavy Duty Judy (5:46)
19. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes (3:44)
20. I'm So Cute (1:35)
21. Andy
(incl. My Sharona, Funiculì Funiculà, Light Cavalry Overture) (8:10)
22. encore break (1:16)
23. Joe's Garage (2:17)
24. Dancing Fool (4:57)
25. encore break (0:45)
26. The Illinois Enema Bandit
(q: The Blue Light, incl. Sweet Leilani, Harbor Lights) (16:21)
Arranged By – Frank Zappa
Bass – Arthur Barrow
Drums – Vinnie Colaiuta
Guitar – Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Ray White
Keyboards – Arthur Barrow, Tommy Mars
Vocals – Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Ray White, Tommy Mars
Vocals [stunt vocals] – Arthur Barrow
Tracks 1-12: Recorded Live At UMRK Studio On 9th February 1980.
Tracks 13-15: Recorded Live At UMRK Studio On 28th January 1980.
Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden (1988.05.01)
The Steve Vai Archives Vol 2 - S&C (2001)
Guest appearances by Mats Öberg & Morgan Ågren and Dweezil...
This is a box set Steve Vai put together - kind of a big Mystery Disc for Vai fans - and the third disc is called Archives Volume 2 - Original Recordings of Frank Zappa (Light Without Heat Records LWH 1001-2). All from official Zappa releases. The track list, according to Rick Black:
1. Tell Me You Love Me
2. Theme From the 3rd Movement of Sinister Footwear
3. Jumbo, Go Away
4. Drowning Witch
5. Envelopes
6. Teen-Age Prostitute
7. The Jazz Discharge Party Hats
8. Ya Hozna
9. Alien Orifice
10. Approximate
11. I'm A Beautiful Guy
12. Beauty Knows No Pain
13. What's New In Baltimore
14. Moggio
15. RDNZL
16. Magic Fingers
17. Strictly Genteel
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